Epidemiological Determinants of Depression among the Geriatric Population Residing in a Slum of Urban India: A Cross-sectional Study

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dc.contributor.authorShinde, JSen_US
dc.contributor.authorKamble, RUen_US
dc.contributor.authorTale, JMen_US
dc.contributor.authorRao, D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T06:12:09Z
dc.date.available2023-08-09T06:12:09Z
dc.date.issued2023-06
dc.description.abstractBackground: Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Worldwide interest in geriatric depression has increased but studies to assess the depression among the elderly population in urban slums has hardly been done. So this study would shed light on the risk factors of depression among geriatrics in urban slums. Aim & Objective: To study the epidemiological determinants such as age, marital status, education, financial dependency, economic status and chronic illness in relation to of depression among the geriatric population (60–80 years). Settings and Design: Community-based, cross-sectional study for 24 months with a samplesize of 209. Methods & Material: Urban slum area represented by one health post was selectedas the study area which caters to around 96,630 slum residents. Pre-tested semi-structuredinterviews were conducted after selecting households by systematic random sampling. Statistical analysis: Data was analyzed using SPSS version 21. A chi-square test was applied. Result: The present study shows overall prevalence of depression among the elderly above 60 years of age to be 48.6%. Depression is found to been significantly associated with an increase in age, living alone (72.7%), lower class economic status (100%), financial dependency (54%), history of chronic family illness (54.7%) and with no formal education (62.1%) among elderly dwelling in slums. Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of depression in the community and hence, a need to sensitize Primary level Health Care Services to institute screening tests considering the association of these determinants with depression and link them to specialized services for further management.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Taluka Health Officer, Beed, Maharashtra, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShinde JS, Kamble RU, Tale JM, Rao D.. Epidemiological Determinants of Depression among the Geriatric Population Residing in a Slum of Urban India: A Cross-sectional Study. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2023 Jun; 35(2): 211 – 214en_US
dc.identifier.issn0971-7587
dc.identifier.issn2248-9509
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/222032
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMRI Publication Pvt. Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume35en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2023.v35i02.014en_US
dc.subjectHumansen_US
dc.subjectAgeden_US
dc.subjectChilden_US
dc.subjectAdolescenten_US
dc.subjectAdulten_US
dc.subjectPoverty Areasen_US
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studiesen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectSample Sizeen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectOne Healthen_US
dc.subjectHome Environmenten_US
dc.subjectCommunity Health Servicesen_US
dc.titleEpidemiological Determinants of Depression among the Geriatric Population Residing in a Slum of Urban India: A Cross-sectional Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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